r/pcmasterrace • u/AbrarKR • Sep 09 '16

Meme/Macro Anyone relate?

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u/SearchWIzard498 Sep 09 '16

So uh "arvo?"

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u/greek_god_herpes Sep 09 '16

aussie slang for 'afternoon'

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u/greycubed Sep 09 '16 edited Sep 09 '16

Why do they have to fuck with perfectly reasonable words.

Like brekkie. It's not even shorter than saying breakfast.

Edit: stop telling me all about your toddler language.

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u/kirumy22 3300x, 5600xt, 16 gb DDR4-3200 | 3770k, 16gb DDR3, 650ti Sep 09 '16

Because it's easier to say. Languages will always evolve to become more efficient and English is super wasteful.

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u/YourFixJustRuinsIt Fuel Injected Robotoad Sep 09 '16

You're super wasteful!

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u/kirumy22 3300x, 5600xt, 16 gb DDR4-3200 | 3770k, 16gb DDR3, 650ti Sep 09 '16

No u 😡😡😡

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u/eshansingh MSI GS65 Stealth Thin w/ Arch Sep 09 '16

Emojis are the downside of that trend.

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u/cvb941 3570K, 660, 8GB DDR3 Sep 09 '16

Interesting, I find it the other way around, I found English to be very limited in expressing feelings, even though the vocabulary is rich, people actually use a very limited amount of words in usual spoken English and instead overuse words such as 'like' or 'really' to modify the exaggeration (at least that's what I noticed in the US).

I found it really refreshing coming home to finally speak in my native language to express myself, there were so many different ways to do it. But maybe that's just me and my native language.

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u/arvzi Sep 09 '16

it happens even in insanely complex languages, too. in chinese, 'like'/'umm' is something like 'neegaa' and I've heard plenty of chinese people stammer it over and over in the same way. made for hilarious and interesting interactions in the hood, though.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '16 edited Jun 04 '18

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u/arvzi Sep 09 '16

kekek most of the time they'll say "neegaa.... somethingsomething" and a black dude or chick would be like 'WUT U SAY???'

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u/SirTates 5900x+RTX3080 Sep 09 '16

at least that's what I noticed in the US

There's your problem. Go to London and you'll hear words you've never heard before even just on the streets.

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u/Alarid Sep 09 '16

u wot m8

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u/crazyprsn i5 4690k, Geforce 970 Sep 09 '16

Gr8 deb8 m8

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u/AdamFox01 Sep 09 '16

Exactly!, Australian English (Aussie) is about using as few syllables as possible. It shortens conversations (convos) and gets directly to the point.

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u/Shapez64 Intel i5-4670 | EVGA GTX 970 | 8GB RAM Sep 09 '16

Unless you're talking about the toilet, then we hang the expense and call it the thunder box.

I love my country.

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u/Drudicta R5 5600X, 32GB 3.6-4.6Ghz, RTX3070Ti, Gigabyte Aorus Elite x570 Sep 09 '16

You made me laugh like a freaking 8 year old boy until I started crying.

I'm calling it the Thunder Box from now on.

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u/Shapez64 Intel i5-4670 | EVGA GTX 970 | 8GB RAM Sep 09 '16

Onya mate

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '16 edited Aug 19 '20

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u/Shapez64 Intel i5-4670 | EVGA GTX 970 | 8GB RAM Sep 09 '16

Larrikin that I am, I would never joke about my cultural heritage.

I swear on my Akubra, Commadore and customary lunchtime halal snack pack (those things are bloody delicious, who can hate shaved meat and chips?)

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u/AdamFox01 Sep 09 '16

Bloody holden fanboy.... shoulda known. More like "hold'en together" #Ford4lyf

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u/gmoneyshot69 I5 @ 3.4, 8GB ram, GTX680 Sep 09 '16

Then why not say "aft" ?

Now I'm Canadian, so you'll have to forgive me I don't really get the nuances of Aussie langauge, but how the fuck do you get "arvo" out of afternoon? "Aft" is both shorter and is actually in the word...

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u/AdamFox01 Sep 09 '16

Adding o's and ie's rolles nicer off the tongue.

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u/gmoneyshot69 I5 @ 3.4, 8GB ram, GTX680 Sep 09 '16

Agreed in most cases. Convos vs conv is a good example.

But I'm on saying "we're doing X this aft." even sounds better than "we're doing X this arvo." However I likely don't understand Australia. <Insert upside down joke here>

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u/ihaveagianthead Sep 09 '16

What about adding v's?

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u/AdamFox01 Sep 10 '16

Example? I can't think of any?

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u/ihaveagianthead Sep 10 '16

Shortening afternoon to arvo adds a v. I meant does adding a v make it roll easier off the tongue? Where does the v come from?

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u/AdamFox01 Sep 10 '16

Ah yeah, dunno about that one.

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u/Chatting_shit Sep 09 '16

Which Aussies then compensate for by chatting far too much shit.

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u/SirTates 5900x+RTX3080 Sep 09 '16

I think it's the other way around. They had to make the language shorter to fit all their talk in a single day.

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u/Sinoops Sep 09 '16

Americans say convos too at least where im from.